On the twelfths day of our honeymoon, we drove about an hour north of our zimmer in Hadnes. We visited Tel Hazor and the Hula Agmon in the Hula Valley. On the way we saw another monument for remembering the soldiers who died in the war on the Golan Heights. In that place there were audio guides about the place, all you had to do was to press the button.
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A view of the Hula valley:
Tel Hazor
Tel Hazor is one of Israel’s national parks. Hazor is an historical excavated town mentioned in the Bible. It was established about 5000 years ago and was regarded one of the biggest towns in the north of Israel. In the beginning it was settled by the Canaanites, later by the Israelites until it’s destruction by the Assyrians.
The town includes findings from those periods of time. Joshua first conquered it in the book of Joshua chapter 11. Later we read about it in the book of Judges chapter 4. King Solomon in the book of First Kings chapter 9 rebuilt it. Later in the book of Second Kings chapter 15 we read about the Assyrians taking it’s people into exile.
Hazor had a very deep water cistern in it. We had to go many stairs down in order to reach it.
We found a dead eagle in Hazor. We think it was some how poisoned. It looks like a beautiful bird too sad it was dead.
The fields of Hazor:
Hula Agmon – Bird Paradise
After our visit to Hazor, we continued north to the Hula Agmon. The Hula Agmon is a small lake and a bird paradise. Many type of birds come there for food and rest as they migrate from place to place. The Hula Agmon is a very beautiful nature reserve with many paths that are also great for bicycles riding. There are guided tours that include a ride through the reserve and you can also rent a golf cart. Hula Agmon is a great place for the whole family to see and it’s a great place for nature photographers too. You can visit their web site at http://www.agmon-hula.co.il/
We unloaded our bicycles and started riding; it was just beautiful to see so many birds and to listen to their sound.
We saw some coypus (nutrias) near the water.
There were many cranes flying through the red skies of the sunset.
The colors of the sky just kept changing as you can see in the photos.
A type of water bird:
A view of the lake:
Some donkeys:
There were many people there even though it was already dark.
Indeed visiting the Hula Agmon was very special, we enjoyed it so much.
